Cord-holder.



o. F. PLANETT & H. JORGENSON. 001m HOLDER.

APPLIOTIOI FILED FEB. 12, 190B.

. 923,575, Patented June 1, 1909.

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CORD-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1, 1909.

Application filed February 12, 1908. Serial No. 415,526.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, (nit'nriss l". PLANET! and HARRY Jonenssox, citizens of the United States, residing at laiporte, in the county of Laporte and State of indiana. have. invented certain new and usctul lmprovements in Cord-Holders, oi which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to attachments for varying the length of the cord used in suspending electric lamps such variation being produced by taking up slack in the cord or letting it out, andsecuring the. bight ol the slack by a suitable holding or gripping device.

In the holders in ordinary use for taking up semble the block or button employed by threading the cord through comparatively small holes and this must he done before the lamp is attached so that the end ol' the cord may be free. It will thus be seen that the ordinary device cannot be applied ai'ter a lamp has been connected without the inconvenience o'l disconnecting the cord ends. Another disadvantage in the use oi the prevalent form of grip is that it can be moved along the cord only by sliding it 'l'rom point i to point and as friction is depended upon to hold the grip in position this t'act makes it troublesome to shift it. ior considerable distances on the cord, consuming time and cansing more or less wear upon the insulating covering of the wires composing the cord.

The chief advantages of the improved grip which is herein disclosed are that it may be instantly applied to any point along the em tire length of the cord and as quickly re moved; that it is simple, ellicient and cheap to manufacture, and can be applied at any time withoutrci'erence to the connection of the. lamp to the cord.

We accomplish the objects sought by means of the device illustrated in the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this the gripping blocks removed from the 00rd,.

and disengaged from each other.

Referring to the details of the drawing the numeral 3 indicates duplicate oblong blocks or holders preferably made of wood, and rectangular in cross section. These blocks however, may be made cylindrical in form, or of any other shape found desirable, and the ma- 5 terial may he 't'iber, rubber or, any suitable substance. Near one end each block is provided with a round hole or perforation 4 which passes entirely through the block, and is connected with one of the side faces by an oblique slot This slot is narrower than the diameter of the hole 4, and forms a contracted entrance thereto so that when the cord, indicated by the numeral 6, is engaged by the slot a moderate torce will be required to carry the cord to the bottom of the slot until it. is lodged in the perforation 4 where it against any ordinary tendency to displacement.

The ends of the blocks opposite to the perforation are provided with engaging members, consisting of a book 7 and a staple 8, by means of which the said blocks may be readily llllhttl together as; shown in Fig. 1 or quickl disengaged, the blocks being shown disconnected in Fig. 2. The staple 8 maybe use the form shown. These connecting elements may be formed of suitable wire, and are secured in place by being driven into the blocks, or, if preferred, may be threaded to render 'reater security.

The blocks or grips when assembled as shown in Fig. 1, coact to form a link uniting the portions of cord upon opposite sides thereof, the bight t) of the cord,or portion lying between them, falling slack.

The blocks, or component parts of the dethe slotted ends may be caused to engage the cord in the same manner as a hook, the'eyo tension. is made upon the portions of cord lying upon opposite sides of the gripping members.

The method of application is plainly evident from inspection of the drawing, and it will be readily understood that the blocks may he slid above the cord. as in the case of the ordinary form of holder when they are to be shifted a slight distance or may be disengaged by passing the cord laterally through the slot when they are to be applied to a tllS- tant portion of the cord or removed altogether.

Having thus described our invention what We claim as new is 1. A cord-holder consisting of two blocks, each block having a slot therein, each slot e2;-

has 'lreer play, and will he held thereinrcplac-ed by a hook if desired, but I prefer to vice, may be properly likened to hooks since or pcrl oration 4 also serving as a clamp when 5 lot) tending inwardly from one face of the block 1 said blocks extending in opposite directions and terminating in an enlargement adapted 1 when the blocks are joined. to re 'eive and friotionally engage the cord, at i In testimony whereof We aflix our signatloop .ittached to one of said blocks and a. tures in the presence of two Witnesses. 5 hook upon the other block adapted to engage said loop. 1 CHARLES F. PLANETT. 2. A cord-holder consisting of two blocks 1 HARRY JORGENSON.

SCPSJiLblY joined by a flexible connection, Vitnesses:

ezu-h block having an open oblique slot there- CHAS. H. TRUESDELL,

0 in adapted to receive the cord, the slots of 1 M. K. TRUESDELL. 

